diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-decks.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-decks.css
index 6592cc796..ba7a19093 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-decks.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-decks.css
@@ -221,15 +221,6 @@
   background-color: var(--zen-colors-secondary);
   align-items: center;
   z-index: 100;
-}
-
-.zen-view-splitter-drag-handle {
-  flex-grow: 1;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
   cursor: move;
 }
 
@@ -245,6 +236,7 @@
   height: 24px;
   cursor: pointer;
   appearance: none;
+  margin-left: auto;
   outline: var(--toolbarbutton-outline);
   list-style-image: url('chrome://global/skin/icons/close-fill.svg') !important;
   &:hover {
diff --git a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenViewSplitter.mjs b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
index 236110163..f06bc59c0 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
@@ -872,9 +872,6 @@ class ZenViewSplitter extends ZenDOMOperatedFeature {
   _createHeader(container) {
     const header = document.createElement('div');
     header.classList.add('zen-view-splitter-header');
-    const dragHandle = document.createElement('div');
-    dragHandle.classList.add('zen-view-splitter-drag-handle');
-    header.appendChild(dragHandle);
     const removeButton = document.createXULElement('toolbarbutton');
     removeButton.classList.add('zen-tab-unsplit-button');
     removeButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
index 9cbd18272..49f2b1166 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
-index 628aa6596627c85efe361fc1ece8fd58f7ee653e..36ac8b0623059638ecb3fb1821b272964d0e4aea 100644
+index 628aa6596627c85efe361fc1ece8fd58f7ee653e..59c563683fc18972fffd51c41d1d1c159b62f28d 100644
 --- a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
 +++ b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
 @@ -412,11 +412,50 @@
@@ -283,7 +283,17 @@ index 628aa6596627c85efe361fc1ece8fd58f7ee653e..36ac8b0623059638ecb3fb1821b27296
          if (
            !bulkOrderedOpen &&
            ((openerTab &&
-@@ -3744,7 +3845,7 @@
+@@ -3736,18 +3837,18 @@
+ 
+       // Ensure index is within bounds.
+       if (tab.pinned) {
+-        index = Math.max(index, 0);
+-        index = Math.min(index, this.pinnedTabCount);
++        index = Math.max(index, tab.hasAttribute("zen-essential") ? 0 : this._numZenEssentials);
++        index = Math.min(index, tab.hasAttribute("zen-essential") ? this._numZenEssentials : this.pinnedTabCount);
+       } else {
+         index = Math.max(index, this.pinnedTabCount);
+         index = Math.min(index, this.tabs.length);
        }
  
        /** @type {MozTabbrowserTab|undefined} */
@@ -291,7 +301,11 @@ index 628aa6596627c85efe361fc1ece8fd58f7ee653e..36ac8b0623059638ecb3fb1821b27296
 +      let tabAfter = this.tabs.filter(tab => !tab.hasAttribute("zen-glance-tab")).at(index);
        this.tabContainer._invalidateCachedTabs();
  
-       if (tabGroup) {
+-      if (tabGroup) {
++      if (tabGroup && !tabGroup.hasAttribute("split-view-group")) {
+         if (tabAfter && tabAfter.group == tabGroup) {
+           // Place at the front of, or between tabs in, the same tab group
+           this.tabContainer.insertBefore(tab, tabAfter);
 @@ -4059,6 +4160,9 @@
          return;
        }